Preparing future math teachers to teach data science
When Eric Weber, professor and chair of mathematics at Iowa State University, talks about data science with future math teachers, he doesn't begin with code, algorithms, or buzzwords. Instead, he asks them to imagine the scientific method—form a hypothesis, collect data, conduct experiments—running...
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When Eric Weber, professor and chair of mathematics at Iowa State University, talks about data science with future math teachers, he doesn't begin with code, algorithms, or buzzwords. Instead, he asks them to imagine the scientific method—form a hypothesis, collect data, conduct experiments—running in reverse.
Originally published at Phys.org
